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By Grace Heffernan Towards Employment is in the business of connecting employers to the talent they need and jobseekers to career pathways with family sustaining wages.  Practically speaking that means we: Help people gain the tools they need to find a job, navigate life’s obstacles, and secure a path toward a long-term career Partner with business…

4/5/19: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Download the press release CLEVELAND – Fresh off a successful crowdfunding campaign that raised $26,600 for 10 baker apprenticeships, Bloom Bakery, a social venture of Towards Employment, announces new menu items, happy hour specials, and a new chef dinner series. Launched in 2016 as a Towards Employment social venture, Bloom Bakery exists…

Towards Employment Announces New Program to Support Employee Retention and Company Growth 3/25/19: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Download the press release Cleveland – Towards Employment is proud to announce the launch of Achieve Solutions, an innovative program to help local employers better support their frontline workers by offering personalized, immediate, and human-to-human assistance when workers face challenges in maintaining employment.…

We have all benefited from the advice, guidance, connections, or coaching from our peers along our career journey. No one finds a career alone. Towards Employment is the support and help for over 2,500 people in our community each year. TE provides the right support, at the right time, to help an individual navigate his…

Download the release: AJC – Isaiah Award Press Release Cleveland, OH – AJC Cleveland will present its 2018 Isaiah Award for Human Relations to Towards Employment at a special breakfast program, Tuesday, December 4th, 7:45 AM, at Cuyahoga Community College’s Jerry Sue Thornton Center. The program will include a discussion, “Building Bridges, Strengthening Community” with Dr. Akram…

Bloom Bakery, a social venture of Towards Employment, is celebrating two years in business this month. Since 2016, the Bakery has provided over 50 jobs to Clevelanders looking for a second chance and meaningful employment. Bloom is set to build up its catering and wholesale business with seed money from a recent successful CrowdRise campaign.…

Last month, Towards Employment was represented at the National Skills Coalition (NSC) annual Skills Summit, a conference that engages stakeholders from across the country in a national agenda to help build up our country’s workforce and the policy changes to make that possible. The National Skills Coalition brings together a broad-based coalition that believes in order to…

Bloom Bakery, a social venture of Towards Employment, announced today the launch of their Crowdrise Fundraiser “Sweet Treats and Second Chances” to expand their catering and wholesale business. The campaign will run for 40 days, and has a goal of raising $25,000. “More than 3000 people come to Towards Employment every year to work on…

Towards Employment staff participated in Making a Clear Pathway: Transitioning for Successful Reentry organized by the Literacy Cooperative in conjunction with Cuyahoga Community College, Seeds of Literacy, Cuyahoga County Public Library and Towards Employment. The event helped adult literacy providers develop a stronger understanding of the reentry ecosystem to better support students who have criminal records or…